Christie Smythe: 5 Things About Reporter Who Left Her Husband To Be With ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
Christie Smythe caught the internet’s attention on December 22, when a lengthy profile about her relationship with Martin Shkreli was published by Elle magazine. Smythe, a former court reporter for Bloomberg News, unfolded the whirlwind story about how she fell in love with Shkreli — a former pharmaceutical executive and biotech entrepreneur — while reporting on his case and subsequently breaking the news of his 2015 arrest. Shkreli (the so-called “Pharma Bro,” as Elle states) increased the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent overnight and was convicted of fraud in 2017. He’s now serving seven years in prison.